The great apes
Subtitle: a short history
By: Chris Herzfeld ; translated by Kevin Frey ; foreword by Jane Goodall
Contributors: Frey, Kevin, translator; Goodall, Jane, 1934- author of foreword
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780300221374
Subjects: Hominids; Apes; Psychology; Behavior; Human-animal relationships
Work titles: Petite histoire des grands singes
Description: "[A] compact but wide-ranging survey of humankind's relationship to the great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans), from antiquity to the present. Replete with fascinating details and anecdotes, it traces twists and turns in our construction of primate knowledge over five hundred years. Chris Herzfeld outlines the development of primatology and its key players and events, including well-known long-term field studies, notably the pioneering work by women such as Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas ... offers thought-provoking insights about our perceptions of apes, as well as the boundary between 'human' and 'ape' and what it means to be either"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Translation of: Petite histoire des grands singes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-305) and index.

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: The uncanniness of similitude : wild men, simians, and hybrid beings; title: Skeletons, skins and skulls : apes in the age of colonial expansion and natural history collections; title: Apes as guinea pigs : primates and experimental research; title: Great apes in the eyes of scientists : what does it mean to be an ape?; title: Apes that think they are human : astronaut apes, painting apes, talking apes; title: Conquering the field : pioneers, the quest for origins, and primates; title: Socialities, culture, and traditions among primates : when the boundary between humans and apes blurs; title: Women and apes : sex, gender, and primatology; title: Becoming-human, being-ape.